Broadly speaking, we interpret the book of Proverbs correctly only if we are careful not to treat its pithy sayings as unqualified promises. The nature of a proverb is that it conveys a general but ...

The same also must be thought of him who refrained from unclean meats: for if he
ate in a doubtful .... Romans 14:14-18 ... His words then have the same meaning
as though he had said, -- I know that all meats are clean, and therefore I leave ...